“The White House did reach out to the CBC by the end of the day. They are trying to pin down a day and time to make this happen. You will not have all 49 come, but the CBC chair will definitely try to be there.”

On moving the HBCU Initiative:

“There was a concern about who would be running it. This is going to be a major undertaking. This is going to be a full-time job. It’s going to put more focus on HBCUs. When it comes to the universities that are failing….it’s going to be put a spotlight on them. Out of a 105 HBCUs, 70 of the Presidents will be meeting with this President.”